Napoleon wanted the people to see his power. "I found the crown of France lying on the ground, and i picked it up with a sword." The people saw him as a French military hero, who saw his chance to step up as the new government continued to prove themselves ineffective.

A collective group of representatives for all 3 states, the clergy, nobility, and the commoners, brought together to vote on new laws.

The members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath, vowing "not to separate and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established".

Because of the food shortages, unemployment, and high prices: caused workers and tradesmen to arm themselves. On July 14, a mob storms the royal prison called the Bastille, stealing weapons and making and important statement....Down with the king!!!

A period of violence during the French Revolution marked by mass executions of "Enemies of the Revolution". Over 41,000 people killed by the popular Guillotine for suspicion of loyalty.

Napoleon mobilizes a Grand Army to conquer Russia. Bur because of freezing temperatures, starvation, and tactics of the Russian army, many died. Napoleon then tries to raise another army in Paris, but is defeated, forced to step down, and is exiled to Elba.

Following Napoleon's defeat and the crumbling of the Grand Empire, European Absolutist powers met in Vienna, Austria to decide on how to restate peace and order to Europe. Their main goal was to restore the old regime in Europe.